Modern slavery and human trafficking are serious and often hidden crimes which can be devastating for the victims. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in all its activities within UKRI and its supply chain.<\/p>\n
Our procurement for goods and services is provided by our shared services provider, UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)<\/a>. Our supply chain is limited, we procure goods and services from a restricted range of UK and overseas suppliers. UK SBS have also published their statement on\u00a0modern slavery and human trafficking<\/a>\u00a0which includes their mechanisms for guarding against modern slavery in their client\u2019s supply chains.<\/p>\n In accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015<\/a>, every year we publish a modern slavery and human trafficking statement, which outlines our activities to align with the act and prevent slavery and trafficking within the organisation.<\/p>\n Read our modern slavery and human trafficking statements<\/a><\/p>\n Modern slavery includes labour exploitation, sexual exploitation, domestic servitude and criminal exploitation.<\/p>\n Human trafficking is defined as arranging or facilitating the travel of another person with a view to exploitation and includes travel within a country, not just across international borders.<\/p>\n To report any concerns and suspicions of modern slavery or human trafficking in any part of UKRI\u2019s business or supply chains email the UKRI internal controls team.<\/p>\nReporting modern slavery and human trafficking<\/h2>\n